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The new Bugatti La Voiture Noire is based on the iconic Type 57 Atlantic of the 1930s, which in turn was based on the manufacturer's versatile Type 57 platform. Only four Atlantic variants were made, but only three remain today – and even one of those is no longer considered a true original.

This is the new Bugatti La Voiture Noire , the most expensive new car in the world as a one-off costing €16.7m Euros! Presented at the 2019 Geneva Motorshow

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The Bugatti La Voiture Noire (or 'The Black Car') costs around £9.5 million. With a pricetag like that, you'd expect it to have fallen from the heavens after being handcrafted out of solid gold by God himself. The reality is a little less magical – it's basically a rebodied Bugatti Chiron, much like the equally hyped Divo.

Only when discussing Bugatti can that be considered a disappointment... Anyway, its The Black Car's link to another entry in Bugatti's back catalogue that is of real interest.

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The new Bugatti La Voiture Noire is based on the iconic Type 57 Atlantic of the 1930s, which in turn was based on the manufacturer's versatile Type 57 platform. Only four Atlantic variants were made, but only three remain today – and even one of those is no longer considered a true original.

The missing car, chassis no. 57453, was the second of the four built. It too was known as La Voiture Noire, and was originally delivered to Jean Bugatti, son of company founder Ettore Bugatti.

It was then passed on to factory driver Robert Benois (winner of the 1937 24 Hours of Le Mans for Bugatti alongside Jean-Pierre Wimille) as a gift and later served as a factory demo car, before allegedly being shipped to Bordeaux during the Second World War.

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The new Bugatti “ La Voiture Noire ” costs a mind-boggling £12 million, but the story behind it is even more impressive. It’s a tantalising starting point, and “ La Voiture Noire ” is the result – as genuinely awesome a car as we’ve seen in years, not least because the Bugatti collector who commissioned it

So why has this mythical motoring creature vanished? Well, the car never actually had a registered owner, so there's no real paper trail tracking the car. What's more, Jean Bugatti died in a testing accident in 1939 and his untimely death left the company in a precarious position – jotting down where they've parked a car would've been low down on the priorities for a company that was on the ropes at the time.

It has been said that should the car ever be found, it could be worth almost £90 million, which would comfortably make it the most expensive car in history. It also makes the record-breaking pricetag of its modern-day replacement somewhat... right.

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“ La Voiture Noire is a far more than a modern interpretation of Jean Bugatti ’s Type 57 SC Atlantic. It is a feast of aesthetics,” says Stephan Winkelmann. With its extended front end and the distinctive Bugatti C-line, the “ Voiture Noire “ creates an elongated impression with the elegant waistline

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